Saturday, August 21, 2010

New Author: Power Baby's Life Adventures

We are pleased to release a book by a young new author, Julia Chin, who wrote and illustrated "Power Baby's Life Adventures," applies Susan Kovalik's LIFESKILLS (Copyright HET/Kovalik).

We are happy to add this to our growing list of "Teach to Fish" titles which have an educational theme. Here is an excerpt from the Amazon description:


Product Description

Young author Julia Chin creates a world in outer space (Planet Wobniar) with lovable characters (Power Baby and Star Princess) that young children will adore -- and teaches important life lessons and skills. This book is written for children aged 6 to 12, but people of all ages will enjoy the world that the author has created. The short stories combine moments of humor with adventure - and lessons in life, in the style of myths and fables. The book incorporates Susan Kovalik's LIFESKILLS from Ms. Kovalik's Highly Effective Teaching (HET) Model. Our "Teach to Fish" series of books aims to teach a way of thinking. We want our readers to "learn to learn" after enjoying our books. The author and editor are grateful to Susan Kovalik for her LIFESKILLS (Copyright, Susan Kovalik / HET). A portion of the book's proceeds goes to www.PlayItForGood.com and other non-profits.

About the Author

Young writer Julia Chin was fascinated by Susan Kovalik's LIFESKILLS in third grade. She created (and illustrated) adorable characters in this book to demonstrate these LIFESKILLS to other children. This is a child's perspective on the essential skills of life, such as initiative, perseverance and caring. Julia enjoys arts and crafts, skiing, and playing the violin.


Sunday, August 8, 2010

New Book: Sports Investing - NFL Betting Systems

We are pleased to release a book by new author, Jim Cee, who collaborated with Dan Fabrizio on "Sports Investing: NFL Betting Systems," available at Amazon and BCDadvisor's e-store.

The book takes an academic and analytical approach to sports betting and "the NFL sports marketplace." This is a good niche category that will also be used as a marketing tool for Fabrizio's small business firm, SportsInsights. Here is an excerpt from the Amazon description:

Product Description

This follow-up to the popular book, "Sports Investing: Profiting from Point Spreads," focuses on specific NFL football betting systems and strategies. This book continues with the philosophy of seeking contrarian value in sports investing, but goes into more detail. In particular, the authors reveal betting systems and parameters that they have used to successfully navigate the NFL sports marketplace.

About the Author

Daniel Fabrizio is the president and founder of SportsInsights.com, a leader in the sports information industry. Dan has more than 10 years of experience in the sports marketplace industry as a risk manager for online sportsbooks, and is the innovator behind SportsInsights' successful contrarian approaches.
Jim Cee is the author of several sports betting books and a specialist in sports analytics. He believes contrarian methods can be applied to the sports betting marketplace to improve results.